How much sin should a Christian tolerate?
God set the standard for morality, and from reading the Old Testament, we can see that He is very serious about the wages of sin. In reading books such as Leviticus and Deuteronomy, we learn that much that is tolerated today was punishable by death under the Law.
“If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them” (Leviticus 20:13).
When God’s ways are ignored, Satan is honored. That’s an abomination because Satan is totally opposed to God. There are many Christian congregations that embrace tolerance and mock God. Those same congregations don’t study Scripture and don’t apply God’s teachings to life. They think Scripture needs to be modernized to fit today’s attitudes. God’s word never changes. Let me repeat that: God’s word never changes. Instead of allowing God to mold and shape them into His image, they try to mold and shape God into their own image. They create an idol of tolerance. Idolatry is a sin. God is love, and Christians need to follow His word.
“And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him” (1 John 4:16).
Loving someone doesn’t mean you accept their sin, but in love, you lead them out of sin. You cannot love someone and watch them die in sin.
The Apostle Paul had to deal with a situation in Corinth that involved a very serious sin. “It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife” (1 Corinthians 5:1).
“Fornication” is from the Greek word “porneia,” which includes every sexual activity outside of a one-man/one-woman marriage. In Corinth, a man within the congregation was having a sexual affair with his father’s wife. Paul made note of the fact that even non-Christians don’t accept this. Corinth was a Greek city, so if this man was of Greek heritage, he knew his actions were wrong. If he was of Jewish heritage, he had the Law to make it clear that it was wrong.
“A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover the father’s skirt” (Deuteronomy 22:30). Also, “Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen” (Deuteronomy 27:20).
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God set the standard for morality, and from reading the Old Testament, we can see that He is very serious about the wages of sin. In reading books such as Leviticus and Deuteronomy, we learn that much that is tolerated today was punishable by death under the Law.
“If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them” (Leviticus 20:13).
When God’s ways are ignored, Satan is honored. That’s an abomination because Satan is totally opposed to God. There are many Christian congregations that embrace tolerance and mock God. Those same congregations don’t study Scripture and don’t apply God’s teachings to life. They think Scripture needs to be modernized to fit today’s attitudes. God’s word never changes. Let me repeat that: God’s word never changes. Instead of allowing God to mold and shape them into His image, they try to mold and shape God into their own image. They create an idol of tolerance. Idolatry is a sin. God is love, and Christians need to follow His word.
“And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him” (1 John 4:16).
Loving someone doesn’t mean you accept their sin, but in love, you lead them out of sin. You cannot love someone and watch them die in sin.
The Apostle Paul had to deal with a situation in Corinth that involved a very serious sin. “It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife” (1 Corinthians 5:1).
“Fornication” is from the Greek word “porneia,” which includes every sexual activity outside of a one-man/one-woman marriage. In Corinth, a man within the congregation was having a sexual affair with his father’s wife. Paul made note of the fact that even non-Christians don’t accept this. Corinth was a Greek city, so if this man was of Greek heritage, he knew his actions were wrong. If he was of Jewish heritage, he had the Law to make it clear that it was wrong.
“A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover the father’s skirt” (Deuteronomy 22:30). Also, “Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen” (Deuteronomy 27:20).
Never Forget The Cross :: By Nathele Graham
How much sin should a Christian tolerate? God set the standard for morality, and from reading the Old Testament, we can see that He is very serious about
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